The Experimental Impulse in George Meredith's Fiction

As a writer of Victorian fiction, Meredith (1828-1909) is important and interesting today for how he wrote against or beyond the novelistic tradition and that compendium of attitudes and values we associate with Victorian culture, declares Stevenson (English, U. of Oregon). He focuses on those novels that most clearly demonstrate the author's experimental and transgressive impulse, as expressed in his treatment of controversial contemporary themes and his representation of consciousness. Di...